Careless Whispers

Careless Whispers by George Michael

Careless Whispers is George Michael’s first breakaway single track. it has been released in 1984. in Careless Whispers, dance is a metaphor for intercourse. George Michael passed away recently (in 2016). this classic song knows no age.

-Lyrics

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes

I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find

I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it’s better this way
We’d hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who’s gonna dance with me
Please stay

I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know you’re not a fool
I should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Now that you’re gone
Was what I did so wrong
So wrong that you had to leave me alone?

Post Script

The outro of Careless Whispers shows a self-analyzation. Now that his partner left him, he is looking at the situation more clearly. Michael is reflected by his actions, both the severity of them and their consequences. the guilt and if there could be a forgiveness.
Also in an interview, George Michael claims he never was in the position, and wrote Careless Whispers when he was in a bus, while he was bored.